<p>Susan, I think the Rent kids must be making these Cutting Room/80’s music gigs a regular thing. 
I know they did one a couple of months ago and maybe due to its success, they’re having an encore performance. My guess is that it was probably a benefit performance, as these often are. And the Rent casts have been known for 12+ years in the city for the money they’ve raised for many charities. Many of the castmembers, probably more so than any other Broadway show, have been musician/songwriters as well as actors. They often have gigs at The Cutting Room or Joe’s Pub to showcase their own music. S would fit right in with this gang! I’m not sure who in the cast was at this performance but I know that at the one in March, the MD was Jared Stein, who was the MD for the Rent tour in 2006 that J & J were in. He was also instrumental in J(from Tisch) being cast in that tour. Jared recently was hired to be the MD in the Spring Awakening tour. He’s a very talented young man.</p>